Myth, history, and the origins of al-Andalus: a historiographical essay

• Published in: Journal of medieval Iberian studies Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 378 - 401
• Main Author: Wolf, Kenneth Baxter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 02.09.2019
• Subjects: al-Andalus; Alejandro García Sanjuán; conquest; Emilio González Ferrín; historiography; Islam; myth; Reconquista

This essay juxtaposes two recent efforts to demythologize the history of the origins of al-Andalus. Alejandro García Sanjuán has called into question the continued usefulness of reconquista as a historical model, while Emilio González Ferrín has gone further, challenging the very notion of an "...